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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Barkovitch say that he wants as his prize?
(a) Plastic feet.
(b) A mansion.
(c) To never walk again.
(d) A million dollars.

2. What tribe are the two brothers members of?
(a) Hopi.
(b) Iroquois.
(c) Cherokee.
(d) Sioux.

3. What number was Abraham drawn as from the list of Walkers?
(a) Sixteen.
(b) Alternate.
(c) Three.
(d) Ninety.

4. What did Barkovitch used to carry around at high school for protection?
(a) Gun.
(b) Pocketknife.
(c) Pepper spray.
(d) Switchblade.

5. What Walker received his ticket in Augusta in the midst of the cheering?
(a) Abraham.
(b) Joe.
(c) Barrett.
(d) Milligan.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is on the t-shirt of the boy in the crowd who points out Scramm?

2. During Chapter 15, who begins to remember all the first nice things that have happened to him in his life?

3. Who says, "I still want to live" in Chapter 11?

4. Who took the test on the spur of the moment because he had his Work Permit that allowed him into the gym?

5. What is waiting for the Walkers on the entrance ramp of the turnpike in Chapter 11?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Garraty feel a twinge of excitement when he sees a turnpike sign saying that Oldtown is sixteen miles away?

2. What happens to Garraty's leg in Chapter 13?

3. When it becomes inevitable that Scramm will die, what do the other Walkers decide to do?

4. Explain Parker's analogy about crackers and how they compare to the Walkers.

5. Garraty was once frightened by a movie starting Robert Mitchum. What was the movie about and why is Garraty thinking about it?

6. What does McVries compare the walk to in Chapter 14?

7. What does Stebbins mean when he says to Garraty, "Maybe it's your edge"?

8. What fear does Garraty begin obsessing over in Chapter 15, thanks to Stebbins, and why does it upset him so?

9. What does Garraty reveal about Jimmy Owens in Chapter 11?

10. What is more gruesome about Olson's murder than most of the previous ones? What reactions are there?

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